Phonograph for dolls or other toys.



H` MNGEL.` PHONOGRAPHOR DOLLS OR OTHER TOYS.

Y APPLICATION `FILED FEBJZ, L910.

i fbg/Emma wieg? M A TTU/MIE Y Patented J an. 23, 1912.

' NITED STATES OllFIGlll.-

HERMAN RINGELfor NEwARKyNEW JERSEY.

I l`.l?HO1\T0( -TrItAJPI-I FORDOLLS 0R OTHER TOYS. V

Specification of Letters Patent. I v Patented Jail. 23, 1912.

Application filed February 12, 1.910. Serial No; 543,431.

citizen of the United States, residing in the l city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in I honographs for Dolls or other Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others 'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

My inif'ention relates -more especially to lphonographs designed to be placed in dolls or other toys, whereby it can be constructed in a manner so simple and'inexpensive, as to be adapted to almost universal .use in theproduction of articulate sounds, and especially short sentences or phrases of everyday speech.

The object I have in View is to produce a simple, cheap and eiiicient construction, and my invention consists in the various novel .devices and combinations as more fully hereinafterexplained and pointed out'by the claims. u l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved phonograpli', showing the same in position in a dotted view of a doll. Fig. 2 is a front view of the phonograph and Fig. 3 is another side view of the same.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specilication and drawings.

vIn the drawings,a represents a metal strap bent to form a rectangular supporting frame 'and provided at its top with a tubular eX- tension l) for the reception of the horn c,

vand the rcproducer d. p

e is the operating shaft screw-threaded,

one end of which passes through the pivotally arranged nut f, which is pivotally mounted in the rectangular flanges g formed integral with the supporting frame c. The

vlower end of the nut f rests against a centering point z" in the lower flange g, and the other end of the nut rests against a centering point z' passing through the upper flange g of the frame. A. gear wheel j is mounted upon the operating shaft e and meshes with a gear wheel @which secured to the han-l the frame.

The means em'ployed for disengaging the g carries a balance wheel c on one end, while near its other end, it fearries a gear wheel t which meshes with the 4gear wheel k, thus connecting shafts, g and e together, so that the balance wheel s will steady the revolving movement of the shaft e.

To provide for the removal -of the sound record p from the supporting frame a, the

shaft e passes, is slotted on one side, and the shaft, is .swung laterally into this slot, it beingfheld by a pivoted locking lever u, which is p ivted at the point v to the side piece of reproducing point from the record while the record is moved back to the position of starting, consist essentially pf a loosely mounted sliding bar w preferably square in cross-section, the ends 'wf of which pass through and slide in correspondingly formed square apertures located inthe upper ends of the side pieces of the supporting vframe a. This sliding bar fw is provided on its lower edge with depending wings or lugs the inner edges of which are designed to engage with the inner and outer edges of the mandrel 0 and to be moved by said mandrel.

The .upper left hand end of the sliding bar fw is provided with a beveled portion, as at ar', designed to engage with the edge of the reproducer (l and to lift the same, thereby disengaging the reproducing point from the record, and this is accomplished when the right hand edge ofthe mandrel 0 engages the inner edge of the right hand dependin0r wing or lug at of the sliding bar fw, anc forces said bar toward the right hand end of the frameia. The tubular stem of the reproducer d is loosely located in the tubular dle-shaft Z. The handle shaft carrying the gearwheel lc is directly journaled in one.v

side pieceof the frame a through which the against the centering points r. The shaft 30` beveled portion ofthe upper Vedge of the bar l tion shown in full lines, by reasonA of en-` extension b ofthe supporting frame a and the reproducingpoint rests by,grapvityM-upon` the sound record p. t x

To operate the instrument, the parts,`

namely, the shaft e and mandrelV o being in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig 2,

the handle Z is turned, revolvingV the sound 'record p beneath the reproducing point and at the same time advancing the sound record in the direction of the arrow and to the posigagement of the shaft e with the pivotally arranged nut f. In this traveling movement ofthe record p which is secured to the mandrel 0, the right hand end of the mandrel will engage with -thennel erldvofthe right hand wing of the sliding-.bar w ,andv will force the bar. towardthe right, causing lthe edge of the reproducer d to engage with the beveledportion 4of the upper edge of the bar w, thereby disengaging the reproducing point from the record. To carry the sound record back to the pointy of starting, so that w, when the parts-are agaln in the position 1 shown in Fig. 1.

4 To provide for the removal of the sound record, the latch u is moved in a horizontal position and away from the operating shaft e, thus permitting said shaft to vbe swung around the ivoted nut f and out of the frame, there y providing ready means for putting'a new record on the mandrel without entirelyremoving thevshaft e from the frame a. An opening in the body of the doll injuxtaposition to the phonograph which y can be closed by a suitable door or cover, will serve the purpose of gaining access to the operating mechanism of the apparatus. The construction of the phonograph describedinthis specification was devised for use'r in a doll or other image; but, as will be readily understood, the same apparatus may be" used in "a box or vcase of any formdesired, and that many variations in the speciic Aform and construction of the several "parts may be made without departing from,

the spirit of the invention.

I claim: l

l. In a phonograph, the combination with a supporting frame, a loosely mouhted reproducer, mounted in the upper part of said supporting frame, of a longitudinally moving operating shaft, a mandrel rigidly secured to said shaft and'rotating therewith,

and a' stationary pivotally supported feed nut, said feed nut being located'in the supporting frame for* advancing the operating shaft,v said shaft being centeredt by said nut,

ysowthat bywswinging it laterallyit moves with said nut, and meansslidably mounted in the upper end of thesupporting frame adapted tobeacted' 'upon' by the sides of the mandrel and to actu'pon the under/side of the freproducer for disengaging the reproducing point from the record while the record is' being turned back to the position of starting.

2. .In a phonograph, the combination with r Va reproducer, 'an operating shaft, mechanism ,operatively connected with said,4 -operating shaft for advancing it, a pivotally supported feed nut for advancing theoperating shaft, saidshaft being centered by Asaid-feed nut,

so that by swinging it laterally it= moves with said nut and means slidably mounted in the upper end of the supporting'frame adapted to act on the ,undery side of the reproducer for ldisengaging the reproducing point from 'the record' while the record is being turned back tothe position of starb.

ing. y

3. In a phonograplnthe combination with a supporting frame, of a piv'otally arranged feed nut located in one side of said supporting frame, an operating shaft being centered at one end by said feed nut, and held in a slot in the frame at the other end, so that by swinging it laterally it moves with the said nut, mechanism operatively connected with said operating shaft Afor advancing it, and a loosely mounted reproducer mounted in the upper end of said supporting frame. A l

4. Ina phonograph, the combination; with a supporting frame, of a pivotally arranged feed nut' located in one side vof said supporting frame, an operating shaft being centered at one end by'said feed nut, yand held in a slotl in the frame at the other end, so that by swinging it laterally lit moves with the said nut, mechanism operatively connected with a supporting frame provided with integral inwardly projecting fianges, a feed nut pivtally located'between said flanges, an operating shaft passing through and being longitudinally moved bysaid nut and capable of being swungl laterally with sald nut, mechanism operatively cormected with said Aoperating shaft for advancing it, a loosely Pmounted reproducer mounted inthe upper part of. said supporting frame and a slide bar located in the upper part of said frame,

the lower edge of said bar being provided llO inwardly projecting flanges, a feed nut piv l otally located between said flanges, an oper ating shaft passing'thi'ough and being lo'ngitudinally inovedby said nut and capable of beingswung laterally with said nut,- a

gea-r Wheel spllned on the operating shaftv f andV held in position by a. tongue formed in 'tegral with the supporting rame,`1eans secured to the 'frameand Vin engagement erating shaft, a loosely mounted reproducer ing frame and a slide bar located inthe upper-*part of said framefthef loweredge of' :provided with depending l'ugs and the upper edge with a beveled p01*- said bar being this 11th day of Februaryv 1910.

y t HERMAN RINGEL.l

Witnesses: l FREDK'. C. FISGHER,

L C. A. 'ALLIs'JboNl Copies of this patentI maj bel obtained for n vefeexitseachlby gdi'essing the Commissioner of Patents,-

` Washingtom. D.

` mounted inthe upper partlofsaid suppo'rttio v-for:disengagin'g the reproducing point lfrom the record while the record-fis beingv .turned backv to the position of start-ing. vThis' specification signed land witnessed 

